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Click HERE to visit the Pinot Days website and order tickets or go directly to the Order Form by clicking HERE. We hope to see you there! 10TH ANNUAL PINOT DAYS SAN FRANCISCO GRAND FESTIVAL TASTING Saturday, June 21st, 2014 2-5pm City View at Metreon, San Francisco- 135 Fourth Street Price: $75 Participating Exhibitors- Alma…
AWARD-WINNING CHEF AND SOMMELIER JOIN DUVINE FOR EPICUREAN BIKE TOURS
DuVine Cycling + Adventure Co. has teamed up with award-winning New York chef, Seamus Mullen, and celebrated Santa Barbara sommelier, Eric Railsback, to offer travelers the exclusive opportunity to travel with accomplished epicureans on a luxury bike tour in Europe. Seamus Mullen will be hosting DuVine’s Chef on Wheels Piedmont Bike Tour from August 17-22, 2014 and…
Cab Collective Final Installment: Vintner’s Panel Discussion
After reading Paso Robles Cab Collective: Wine Dining in the Beacon on 5/9, Paso Robles Cab Collective: En Primeur, Current and Reserve Tasting (also on May 9) on this website, today I have the final installment on the Cab Collective (though you can also look forward to an entire article just on HammerSky alone very…
Vintage Beacon circa 4-09: Chef Chris New
Chef Chris New has the only gadget in Santa Clarita that was the winner of the Food Network’s Award for Tasty Technology: The “Anti-Griddle” quickly freezes sauces and purees into solid, unique forms — or freezes just the outer surfaces while maintaining a creamy center. It’s the perfect accompaniment for a modern chef that prides…
Perlis Picks: Rick Fraga at Dark and Delicious 2014 – An evening with the “Big Dog” (better known as Petite Sirah)
Well, it’s the time of the year where wine tasting events pop up all over California, covering all kinds of grape varietals. Some are wide spread, but others are more focused, like Rhone Rangers (French Rhone varietals), ZAP for the Zinfandel lovers and then a number of events for the fans of Pinot Noir (Pinot…
Perlis Picks: Sonoma In The City
Sonoma County Winegrowers, Sonoma County Vintners, and Full Circle Wine Solutions periodically band together to showcase Sonoma County’s sixteen AVAs. Their Sonoma in The City event was held recently at The Montage Hotel in Beverly Hills. And lest you think this was purely about Pinot Noir and Chardonnay [make no mistake, there were excellent examples…
California Directory of Fine Wineries E-Books Debut for Kindle, Kobo, Nook, iPad on April 7, 2014
Classic Guides to California’s Destination Wineries Go Digital! Back in 2010 I met and interviewed editor/publisher Tom Silberkleit of The California Directory of Fine Wineries at the now defunct Vino 100. Tom had come to the shop for a book signing and I came in about an hour ahead of time to meet with him. …
Vintage Beacon 2/09: Shocking the Bottle
I’ve been an Alan Rickman fan from Sense and Sensibility (chick flick) to Galaxy Quest (guy flick). I’ve been a wine fan even longer. Both were definitely working for me before I even stepped into Vino 100 this last Friday night for a special screening of the movie Bottle Shock. Bottle Shock tells the story…
Vintage Beacon Circa 2009: New Ways to Experience Wine
Make it: Ever been interested in planting your own small vineyard? A reader offered me 6 two-year-old Cabernet Sauvignon plants in pots as well as some cuttings pruned from his vineyard. Told that they would produce fruit if the ground around them is kept damp for the first year and that 10 to 12 vines…